Incito 8
1 Nendi Saulo walasuminisheti balenshi cena kumushina. Kufuma busuba bopelobo mapensho mu mubungano waku Yelusalemu alatatika. Bashoma bonse, kufunyakowa batumwa, balamwaikila mubimpansha byonse bya Yudeya ne Samaliya.
Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. On that same day [people] started severely persecuting the believers [who were living] in Jerusalem. So most [of the believers] fled [to other places] throughout Judea and Samaria [provinces]. The apostles were the only [believers who remained in Jerusalem].
2 Batuloba nabambi balibenga kuli Lesa ebalamubika Stefano mumanda ne kumulila mwakwetelwa.
3 Saulo walatatika kononga mubungano. Walikwingila mu ng'anda ne ng'anda, kekata batuloba ne batukashi bonse pamo ne kubawala mujele.
While the people were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving of their killing Stephen. So Saul [also] began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women [who believed in Jesus], and then he [arranged for] them to be put in prison.
4 Bashoma basa balamwaika, balaya kukambauka Mulumbe Waina konse nkobalikuya.
The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
5 Nendi Filipo walakashika ku Samaliya, kaya kubakambaukila bantu bakopeloko makani a Klistu Mupulushi Walaiwa.
[One of those believers whose name was] Philip went down [from Jerusalem] to a city in Samaria [province]. There he was telling [the people that Jesus is] [MTY] the Messiah.
6 Makoto abantu mpobalanyumfwa maswi ngalikwamba Filipo, ne kubona bishikukankamanisha mbyalikwinsa, balakutikisheti banyumfwishishe cena.
Many people there heard Philip [speak] and saw the miraculous things that he was doing. So they all (paid close attention to/listened carefully to) his words.
7 Pakwinga ne mishimu yaipa yalikupula mubantu bangi kaibilikisha. Batontola biso ne balema myendo balikusengulwa.
For [example, when Philip commanded] evil spirits who controlled many people [that they should come out of them], they came out, while those spirits screamed. Also, many people who were paralyzed and [many others] who were lame were healed.
8 Neco bantu balikuba mu munshi usa balakondwa.
So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
9 Mu munshi wa Samaliya, mwalikuba muntu naumbi, lina lyakendi Shimoni, walikuba mung'anga walikukondwelesha bene Samaliya bonse, muntu walikulibanda mwineti walemekwa.
There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria [province by doing that]. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person.
10 Bantu bayampuwo ne bantu bulyo bonse, balikumunyumfwila kabaya kwambeti, “Shimoni uyu ningofu sha Lesa nshobakute kwambeti ngofu shinene.”
All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. [Various ones of] them were saying, “This man works in extremely powerful ways [because] God has caused him to be a great [person].”
11 Balikumukonkela konkela, pakwinga kwacindi citali walikubakondwelesha ne bung'anga bwakendi.
They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
12 Nomba pacindi Filipo mpwalikukambauka Mulumbe Waina wa Bwami bwa Lesa, kayi ne lina lya Yesu Klistu, bantu balashoma ne kubatishiwa, batuloba ne batukashi.
But then they believed Philip’s [message] when he preached to them about [how] God desires to rule [MET] [the lives of people who believe in him], and about Jesus being the Messiah [MTY]. Both the men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. {[Philip] was baptizing both the men and the women [who had come to believe in Jesus]}.
13 Nendi Shimoni mung'anga usa walashoma, ne kubatishiwa. Popelapo walatatika kwenda pamo ne Filipo, pakwinga walakankamana pakubona bishikukamanisha ne bingashilo byangofu mbyalikwinsa Filipo.
Simon himself believed [Philip’s message] and, after he was baptized {after [Philip] baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw [Philip] doing many kinds of miraculous things.
14 Batumwa basa balashala mu Yelusalemu, mpobalanyumfweti bene Samaliya balatambulu maswi a Lesa, balatumako Petulo ne Yohane.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [many people] [PRS] [throughout] Samaria [district] had believed the message from God [about Jesus], they sent Peter and John there.
15 Mpobalashika, balatatika kupailila basa bashoma kwambeti batambule Mushimu Uswepa.
When Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they prayed for those [new believers] in order that the Holy Spirit’s [power] would come to them.
16 Pacindico paliya muntu naba umo walikuba latambulupo Mushimu Uswepa pakati pabo nekukabeti balikuba babatishiwa mulina lya Mwami Yesu.
[Peter and John realized that] the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {[Philip] had baptized them} [because they had believed] in [MTY] the Lord Jesus, [but they did not know about the Holy Spirit].
17 Lino Petulo ne Yohane mpobalabika makasa palyendibo, balatambula Mushimu Uswepa.
[Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
18 Shimoni usa mpwalaboneti Mushimu Uswepa ulatambulwa, mpobalabikwa makasa ne batumwa basa, walapulisha mali kwambeti abape.
Simon saw [things that convinced him] that [God] had given the Spirit’s [power to people] as a result of the apostles placing their hands on them. So he offered [to give] money to the apostles,
19 Walambeti, “Kamumpako ngofu ishi, kwambeti nenjame ngondabiki makasa palyendiye, utambula Mushimu Uswepa.”
saying, “Enable me also to do what [you are doing], so that everyone on whom I place/put my hands may receive the Holy Spirit’s [power].”
20 Petulo walamukumbuleti, “Koya ulobe pamo ne mali akobe. Sena ulayeyengeti ngofu sha Lesa nishakula ne mali?
But Peter said to him, “May you [(sg)] and your money go to hell, because you [mistakenly] think that you can buy [from us] what God [alone] gives to [people] (questioned)
21 Muncito iyi, obe uliyamo lubasu sobwe, pakwinga moyo wakobe nkawalulama pamenso a Lesa.
[God] has not authorized you to have any part of this ministry of giving [the Holy Spirit’s power], because he knows that you are not thinking rightly! (OR, because he knows that you are thinking completely wrongly.)
22 Ecebo cakendi sanduka, leka caipa ncolayeyenga. Senga Mwami Lesa kwambeti akulekeleleko manjeyaulwa aipa ali mumoyo wakobe.
So stop thinking wickedly [like] that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you [for what] you [wickedly] thought/planned [to do]
23 Pakwinga ndakubono kwambeti ukute munyono waipa, wasungililwa ku bwipishi.”
[Turn away from your evil ways], because I perceive that you [(sg)] are extremely envious of [us], and you [are] a slave of your [continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely]!”
24 Apo Shimoni usa walambeti, “Kamumpaililako kuli Mwami Lesa kwambeti kacitenshika kuli njame ncomulamba.”
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
25 Mpobalapwisha kupa bukamboni ne kukambauka maswi a Lesa, Petulo ne Yohane balabwelela ku Yelusalemu. Balikabaya kukambauka Mulumbe Waina muminshi ingi ya bene Samaliya.
After [Peter and John] told [people there] what they knew personally [about the] Lord [Jesus] and declared to them the message about Jesus, they both returned to Jerusalem. [Along the way] they preached the good message [about Jesus to people] in many villages in Samaria [province].
26 Mungelo wa Lesa walamwambila Filipo, “Nyamuka, koya kucibela cakumusansa, ukonke nshila ilafumunga ku Yelusalemu kuya ku Gaza nshila isa yapita mucinyika.”
[One day] an angel whom the Lord [God] had sent commanded Philip, “Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” [That was] a road in a desert area.
27 Cakubinga Filipo walanyamuka, walaya. Walakumanya mwendeleshi wa ku Itopiya muntu walikupewa bulemu, walikusunga nkomwa ya mali a mfulumende ya mwami mutukashi Kandasi wa ku Itopiya. Walikufumina ku Yelusalemu nkwalaya kukambilila Lesa.
So Philip got ready and went [along that road]. Suddenly he met a man from Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the queen [of] Ethiopia. [In his language people called their queen] Candace. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship [God],
28 Pacindici walikubwelela kucomwabo kali wekala mung'ola, kabelenga libuku lya mushinshimi Yesaya.
and he was returning [home] and was seated [riding] in his chariot. [As he was riding], he was reading [out loud from] what the prophet Isaiah [had written] [MTY] [long ago].
29 Mushimu Uswepa walamwambila Filipo, “Koya ku ng'ola isa, wendenga pepi nayo.”
[God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
30 Filipo walafwambila kung'ola isa, walanyumfwa mwendeleshi usa kabelenga libuku lya mushinshimi Yesaya. Filipo walamwipusheti, “Nkambo, Sena mulanyumfwishishinga mabala ngomulabelengenga?”
So Philip ran [to the chariot and kept running close to it]. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah [had written]. He asked the man, “Do you [(sg)] understand what you are reading?”
31 Mwendeleshi usa walakumbuleti, “Ha! Nganyumfwisheconi kwabula muntu naumbi lapandululunga?” Mpwalapwa kwambeco walamusengeti, “Kotanta mung'ola twendele pamo.”
He answered Philip, “[No!] (I cannot possibly [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me!/How can I [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me?) [RHQ]” Acts 8:31b-35 Then the man said to Philip, “Please come up [and] sit beside me.” [So Philip did that].
32 Awa e Maswi a mu Mabala a Lesa ngalikayakubelenga, “Walikubeti mbelele ilatanguninwanga kuya kushiniwa, eti mwana mbelele wamwena tonto pa kumucesa bweya. Uliya kwambapo nambi liswi limo.
The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: He will [be silent when] they lead him away to kill him [like when] a sheep [is led away to be killed]. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off {someone cuts off its wool}, [similarly] he will not protest [MTY] [when people cause him to suffer].
33 Balamunyansha, kayi baliya kumombolosha mubululami. Paliya muntu eshakambe shamukowa wakendi, pakwinga buyumi bwakendi bulatimbulwa pacishi capanshi kwakubula kushiyapo mwana.”
When he will be humiliated by being accused falsely {people will humiliate him [by accusing him falsely]}, [the rulers] (will not consider him innocent/will consider him guilty). No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed {people will kill him} without him having [any descendants] on the earth.
34 Popelapo Mwendeleshi usa walepusha Filipo, “Kamung'ambilako, inga mushinshimi lambanga bani? Sena lalyambanga mwine, nambi lambanga shamuntu naumbi?”
The official asked Philip [about these words that he was reading], “Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? [Was he writing] about himself or about someone else?”
35 Popelapo Filipo walatatika kumukambaukila Mulumbe Waina wa Yesu kutakila pa Mabala a Lesa ngalikubelengapo.
So Philip began [to explain] that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about [MTY] Jesus. [So the official understood and believed in Jesus].
36 Kabacenda pamo munshila, balashika pamusena naumbi mpobalacana menshi. Mwendeleshi usa walambeti, “Ntawa menshi apa. Sena pacili nacimbi celela kunkanisha kubatishiwa?”
While they were traveling along the road, they came to [a place where there was a pond of] water [near the road]. Then the official said [to Philip], “Look, [there is a pond of] water! (I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me}?) [RHQ]”
37 Filipo walakumbuleti, “Ngamubatishiwa na mulashomo ne moyo wenu wonse.” Usa mwendeleshi walambeti, “Ndashoma kwambeti Yesu Klistu ni Mwanendi Lesa.”
38 Popelapo mwendeleshi walemanika ng'ola. Bonse babili, Filipo ne mwendeleshi usa, balaya mumenshi, neco Filipo walamubatisha.
So the official told [the driver] to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the [pond of] water, and [Philip] baptized him.
39 Mpobalikufuma mumenshi, Mushimu wa Lesa walamunyamunapo Filipo. Mwendeleshi usa uliya kumubonapo Filipo kayi, nomba Mwendeleshi usa walapitilisha bulwendo bwakendi kaliwakondwa.
When they came up out of the water, suddenly God’s Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw Philip again. But [although he never saw Philip again], the official continued going along the road, very happy [that God had saved him].
40 Filipo walacaniketi uli ku Azoto. Walapitana mucishi conse kakambauka Mulumbe Waina muminshi yonse mpaka walashika ku Kaisaleya.
Philip then realized [that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to] Azotus [town]. While he traveled around [in that region], he continued proclaiming the message [about Jesus] in all the towns [between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming] it when he finally arrived in Caesarea [city].
